PIERCE VOORTHUIS

WHO: Gen­eral man­ager of Ge­orge­town Optician. START TO THE DAY: “The Cof­fee Bar (1201 S St. NW, 202-733-1049; the­cof­fee bardc.com) is my fa­vorite neigh­bor­hood spot. Af­fec­tion­ately re­ferred to as TCB, it’s a great place to start your morn­ing among friends and neigh­bors.” DIN­NER…: “My lat­est ob­ses­sion is Tail Up Goat (1827 Adams Mill Road NW, 202-986-9600; tailup­goat.com). One of the most me­morable meals I’ve had so far in 2017, the whole stuffed porgy was a must-have.” ... AND A SHOW: “9:30 Club (815 V St. NW, 202-265-0930; 930.com) has been one of my fa­vorite venues to see up-and-com­ing and es­tab­lished bands in the Dis­trict.” SUN­DAY FUN­DAY: “Start off the day at Union Mar­ket (1309 Fifth St. NE, 301-347-3998; union­mar­ketdc.com), [where you can get] the salmon BLT at Neopol Sa­vory Smok­ery and ex­plore the lat­est of­fer­ings at Salt & Sundry, and then go for an in­dul­gent dessert at Dol­cezza’s ge­lato fac­tory (550 Penn St. NE, 202-333-4646; dol­cez­za­ge­lato.com) up the street.” Ge­orge­town Optician is lo­cated at 1307 Wis­con­sin Ave. NW, 202-337-8237; george­townop­ti­cian.com.